RT News - April 09 2021 (17:00 MSK)

EU officials seek to reassure people that the AstraZeneca Covid shot is safe, saying vaccine hesitancy is costing lives. But there are signs that the damage to public trust is already done. Germany reveals plans for talks with Moscow to buy Russia's Sputnik V jab as long as it gets approval from the EU regulator. A "Sofa-Gate" feud is brewing Turkey and the EU. After the bloc's commission chief didn't get a chair during talks in Ankara. A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russians and an American has docked with the international space station - just days before the 60th anniversary of the first manned space-flight.